(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given(since 1871). Years
within or near core 1874tsbr,1879,1880tsbr,1880br,1887br,1887ts,1888tsbr,1889,1893ts,1893-2br,1895ts,1898tsbr,1903brm,1905ts,1906ts,1916br,1920ts,1928ts,1931tsbr,1933tsbr,1933,1934,1938,1944, 1947ts,1951m,1955,1967br,1974brm,1988brm,1988ts,1990ts,1995m,1996tsbr,2005brm,2005ts,2005m,2007brm,2011ts,2012br,2017ts,2020tsbr,2020ts,2020brm,2020br,2021br,2024br,2024tsbr 49 times in 153 yrs end of 2024
Names from list
above D storms most likely to impact area Charlie,Hilda,Beulah,Carmen,Gilbert,Keith,Diana,Roxanne,Dolly,Emily,Stan,Wilma,Dean,Rina,Ernesto,Franklin,Cristobal,Gamma,Delta,Zeta,Grace,Beryl,Nadine,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=23, 46.81% H=26, 53.19%
Longest gap between storms 13 years 1975-1987
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.12 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force wind gusts for a few hours) (10h)once every 15.30 years
Average years between major hurricane hits in Punta Allen.(3) once ev 51 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 106 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2027
Last affected
by 2024 Oct 19th tropical storm Nadine brushes well to the south by 131 miles at closest approach with 50mph winds.
This areas
hurricane past 1879 Aug 20th,80mph from the ESE 1889 Sept 17th,110mph from the East passes just south 1933 Sept 22nd,105mph just north from the ESE
1934 June 8th, 80mph from the south. 1938 Aug 25th, 95mph from the ESE 1944 Aug 22nd,90mph from the ESE just north 1951 Hurricane Charlie hits Aug 19th with 130mph winds just north from the ESE 1955 Sept 16th Hurricane Hilda hits with 110mph winds from the east 1995 Oct 10th,Hurricane Roxanne hits just north with 115mph winds from the east
2005,Oct 21st Hurricane Wilma passes by to the NE while moving NW by nearly 60 miles. Extensive damage to areas south of Cozumel even more so than from Hurricane Emily earlier in the year.At this time Wilma had winds of 140mph & was moving very slowly.radar animation(Brian McNoldy, Univ. of Miami, Rosenstiel School)
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